It's rather incredible how much life can change in only a few short months...hard to believe I was grief stricken and depressed not so long ago...

I've started my new job at the daycare, and albeit, is is a challenge, I am definitely up for the challenge. I'm working one on one with a child who has some development delays, helping him to reach goals and learn to do things for himself. I work in the same room as the two year olds, and there is nothing better than getting to work, hot cup of tea in hand and being greeted by several knee high hugs. I couldn't find a better job! I think it will require a bit of research and some nightly reading to learn how to do this job well, but when you wake up on a Monday and don't mind going to work, the extra reading is worth it.

On another note, I've tripped and fallen into something I'm not sure how to define yet, or even if I should. I met someone a few months back, and he expressed interest, but I wasn't ready. I didn't even know how to look at someone the way it felt he was looking at me. But, I gave the guy my number and said we could try a date perhaps...a month and a half later I hadn't heard from him and had just assumed he had forgotten about me. Life was coasting along and then I walk into a local bar to watch some live music and there he is. I immediately winced, not sure of how our meeting would go, but he greeted me with a hug right away. I asked him what had happened, why he never called, and it turns out I had accidentally given him the wrong number. Oops. He got a hold of some Mexican guy. Sooooo, to sum it up, he's been over three times in the last week and I'm so smitten it's ridiculous.

I don't want to jinx anything, since I don't even know what this "thing" is yet, so that's all the detail I care to divulge.

If you see me on the street, I'll be the girl smiling like a complete fool and walking down the sidewalk like I'm floating. I missed this feeling, the rush of someone new, the excitement of getting to know someone, the knots in your stomach when you're about to see him. If anything, this is at least a lovely way to move on....and if it turns into something more, well, I think I've done my time with the ones that don't work to deserve one that finally does.
:)